Lesley Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 What hope do we have when the Corrs (we're the Beautiful Corrs, We're Beautiful....) sing This Boy is Broke Down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Simply, I think 'who' refers to the subject of the sentence and 'whom' refers to the object. So people are right to replace 'I' and 'He' etc with who and 'him', 'her' etc with whom. I think whom requires a preposition before it - with whom, to whom, for whom etc. I also cringe at the gross misuse of 'myself'. My brother uses it (incorrectly) all the time! It should only be used with a refelexive verb - I did it myself, I got myself out of the hole etc - and NEVER as an alternative to me! The other one I hate is the use of 'I' instead of 'me'. Australian soaps use this wrongly all the time and I'm convinced that is why it so rife at the moment. Again, as in who/whom, I is always the subject of the sentence and me the object. Another annoying thing is when people use a plural verb with a singular noun, as in 'After assembly the class go out to play' - it should be 'goes' because class is a singular noun - 'he goes', rather than 'they go' Sorry if I've ranted on a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Cor (Corrs.....) I'm exhausted now. Might just get back to writing my reports......... help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Dan, I think you write very well and if I spot any spelling mistakes I will let you know discreetly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 She tells me about mine Dan ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 You don't make mistakes do you Kate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Oh yes! Big 'uns ! Not that often though, thankfully!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 ohh, get 'er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Mostly typos when my fingers get in a knot!! Thank you whoever created the "edit" button!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
